Video Editing Worksheet: Storytelling with Video
Creator's tip (Beginning, middle, end): Beginning: the hook, the character and the place. Middle: the problem, the tries, the tension. End: the answer and the message. Show, don’t tell; one clear idea for a short video; plan → film → edit → share.
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- 1.True or false: “the problem gets worse” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 2.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs in the middle. (a) True (b) False
- 3.📽️ Extra shots of details that you cut to, like hands or a clock, are called … (a) cutaways (b) credits (c) keyframes (d) titles
- 4.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “storyboard your shots”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) share it safely
- 5.Which of these belongs in the middle? (a) a hook in 5 seconds (b) how things turned out (c) set up the goal (d) a second try fails
- 6.📽️ For a 1-minute video, what works best? (a) no idea (b) every idea (c) one clear idea (d) ten ideas
- 7.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the problem gets worse”? (a) end (b) beginning (c) middle
- 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) the problem is solved (c) a final message (d) how things turned out
- 9.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “film the shots” or “share it safely”? (a) share it safely (b) film the shots
- 10.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “storyboard your shots” or “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) choose your idea
- 11.🔢 To make a video project, which is the FIRST step? (a) edit the clips (b) share it safely (c) film the shots (d) choose your idea
- 12.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) show where we are (b) how things turned out (c) the problem gets worse (d) an obstacle appears
- 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the problem gets worse (b) an obstacle appears (c) the problem is solved (d) a second try fails
- 14.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) tension builds up (b) the problem gets worse (c) show where we are (d) an obstacle appears
- 15.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “film the shots”? (a) share it safely (b) choose your idea (c) edit the clips (d) write a short script
- 16.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which is the FIRST step? (a) wrap up the story (b) solve the problem (c) build up the action (d) hook the viewer
- 17.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “edit the clips”? (a) write a short script (b) share it safely (c) storyboard your shots (d) film the shots
- 18.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) the credits roll (b) how things turned out (c) a second try fails (d) the problem is solved
- 19.📽️ Why start a video with a strong hook? (a) to make it longer (b) to test the mic (c) to grab attention fast (d) to hide the title
- 20.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “set up the goal”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 21.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “show where we are”? (a) middle (b) beginning (c) end
- 22.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “meet the main character”? (a) end (b) middle (c) beginning
- 23.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “show the problem”? (a) show the problem (b) reach the big moment
- 24.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a final message (b) an obstacle appears (c) how things turned out (d) the problem is solved
- 25.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “write a short script” or “edit the clips”? (a) write a short script (b) edit the clips
- 26.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “choose your idea”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) write a short script (c) share it safely (d) film the shots
- 27.Which of these belongs at the end? (a) set up the goal (b) meet the main character (c) the credits roll (d) the problem gets worse
- 28.🔢 To make a video project, which comes first: “share it safely” or “write a short script”? (a) share it safely (b) write a short script
- 29.📽️ Every good story needs a character who wants something and … (a) a long title (b) a problem to solve (c) loud music (d) ten transitions
- 30.📽️ “Show, don’t tell” means … (a) use only text (b) let pictures tell it (c) switch the camera off (d) add more talking
- 31.🔢 To make a video project, what comes right after “write a short script”? (a) storyboard your shots (b) edit the clips (c) film the shots (d) choose your idea
- 32.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “the credits roll”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
- 33.Which of these belongs at the beginning? (a) how things turned out (b) an obstacle appears (c) a second try fails (d) meet the main character
- 34.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “reach the big moment” or “solve the problem”? (a) reach the big moment (b) solve the problem
- 35.True or false: “a hook in 5 seconds” belongs in the middle. (a) False (b) True
- 36.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) meet the main character (b) the problem gets worse (c) an obstacle appears (d) tension builds up
- 37.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “solve the problem” or “build up the action”? (a) solve the problem (b) build up the action
- 38.🔢 To tell a story in a video, which comes first: “show the problem” or “hook the viewer”? (a) show the problem (b) hook the viewer
- 39.True or false: “how things turned out” belongs at the end. (a) True (b) False
- 40.📽️ Beginning, middle or end: “tension builds up”? (a) beginning (b) middle (c) end
Answer key
- True
- False
- cutaways
- storyboard your shots
- a second try fails
- one clear idea
- middle
- tension builds up
- film the shots
- choose your idea
- choose your idea
- show where we are
- the problem is solved
- show where we are
- edit the clips
- hook the viewer
- share it safely
- a second try fails
- to grab attention fast
- beginning
- beginning
- beginning
- show the problem
- an obstacle appears
- write a short script
- write a short script
- the credits roll
- write a short script
- a problem to solve
- let pictures tell it
- storyboard your shots
- end
- meet the main character
- reach the big moment
- False
- meet the main character
- build up the action
- hook the viewer
- True
- middle
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